Unknowns comments on Easy Predictor Tests - Less Wrong

11 Post author: MrHen 21 January 2010 06:40PM

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Comment author: dclayh 21 January 2010 06:53:43PM 5 points [-]

A simpler version is to pick from these three distinct outcomes: Positive karma, 0 karma, negative karma.

Personally, if I expect a comment or post to get negative karma, I don't make it. Perhaps that's too conservative on my part, but it's the case.

Comment author: Unknowns 21 January 2010 08:15:28PM 5 points [-]

Voted down for reasons suggested by thomblake: it's often important to make a comment that you expect to get negative karma.